#AnotherEngland Update: delighted to have outlasted last week’s Number 3 on today’s The Times and The Sunday Times bestseller list. New stretch target - to outlast the lettuce …
thetimes.co.uk/article/c5ffe8…

The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear - the wonderful Neal Ascherson, at 91 still the remarkable writer he was half a century ago. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Powerful and dignified. What an indictment for those who will look back at this in a few decades time with (opportunistic) regret and remorse.

Too often we assume the loss of human rights, the right to protest and even the right to vote, will affect someone else.

Eventually, it affects us all.

This Govt and its far-right backers don't care who you are.

When democracy is weakened, they benefit.

Absolutely vital work from Jenna Corderoy - highlighting how the UK regulator ICO - Information Commissioner's Office is essentially turning a blind eye when it comes to helping people enforce a vital information right - the right to know and challenge what info organisations hold about them.

This looks fantastic!

The key point is that this expresses the core view of the UK political class of all parties and it treats the EU as purely instrumental and nothing else. It led to Brexit

You won't read this analysis anywhere else! By the superb Adam Ramsay novaramedia.com/2024/04/30/wha…

'It would also be wrong to think that support for Scottish independence is declining – in fact, it is as high as it has always been in the last few years'

Our thoughts on #Scotland 's first minister Humza Yousaf's resignation

europeforscotland.com/our-thoughts-o…

It has been my long-held view that life is sacred, so I have previously been disinclined to accept the arguments around legalising assisted dying.

Various events have led me to change my mind.

Watch my speech in today's debate in Parliament here.

Adam Ramsay is a joy to work with: whip smart, generous, kind. And a virality machine!

One of many v sad UK openDemocracy team layoffs this month. A huge loss, particularly just before an election

He's also right that a lot of talented global staff have gone recently too...🧵

Third: the talented Aaron White (and earlier Laura Basu & Laurie Macfarlane) who built ourEconomy

Check out this wonderful film with Kojo Koram Clive Lewis MP Dalia Gebrial 🍉 John Barnes on the uncomfortable truths about empire 👇

opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…

Second, the brilliant @demoabierta team: @francescb Manuella Libardi Andrés Bernal Sánchez Valentina Arango & many more

Their many achievements include claiming the most prestigious global journalism prize openDemocracy has ever won, for this👇

opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaa…

First: huge kudos to the tireless oDR team for their deep, thoughtful coverage of the Ukraine war (& the wider region over more than a decade)

Tom Rowley Valeria CK katia farbar Polina Aronson Tatyana Dvornikova &all who came before❤️

opendemocracy.net/en/odr/

This is a great read Anthony Barnett

I’d heard of David Marquand, but never in this detail or light.

newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/04/…

“We can admire his ability to escape from the centralism of Westminster and its corrupt media, and his embrace of republicanism as an example the nations of Britain need to follow.”

🖊️ Anthony Barnett
newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/04/…